one more beautiful issue with GOYB

[nielsgov]

Or LOVE. That word is in about every song on NLOTH and other U2 albums.

 

[ozeeko]

The mysterious distance, between a man and a woman..


Oh yeah, that's totally ripped off from Mysterious Ways!!!

AMAAW is so bad I don't even consider it a song.

 

[mikal]

i think the perfect Bono line would be...

"Your soul is beautiful when you love on your knees."

 

[BVS]

i think the perfect Bono line would be...

"Your soul is beautiful when you love on your knees."

Just to incorporate an 80's early 90's Bono you should throw in a 'desire' for good measure...

 

[Danny Boy]

Surrender
Stuck in a Moment
Moment of Surrender

Into the Heart
Endless Deep
Deep in the Heart

Bonzo clearly ran out of original ideas after Concentration Cramp.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Bonzo clearly ran out of original ideas after Concentration Cramp.

wait, what?

 

[last unicorn]

i think the perfect Bono line would be...

"Your soul is beautiful when you love on your knees."

Don't give him ideas

 

[m1chael]

Let's be honest: three albums in a row with a theme of beautiful people? There's something afoot, clearly.

Now the Desmond Tutu Speech makes sense... beauuuuuutiful people

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Bono didn't think that kneeling really would cut it on NLOTH, so he decided that standing up would be a better idea for a lyric.

 

[coolian2]

Just to incorporate an 80's early 90's Bono you should throw in a 'desire' for good measure...

baby!

 

[gvox]

i think the perfect Bono line would be...

"Your soul is beautiful when you love on your knees."

You've forgotten feel. Feel is the shit, yo.

 

[dabiggestu2fan]

Aside from the issues of similarity to Vertigo, I found yet another that makes the song even less original:
Chorus:
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

Chorus of City of Blinging Lights:
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Could they not find another word to go there?

this is the most lame argument EVER! So you mean to tell me that because the song contains beautiful which other songs also have it, it is automatically not original????? It would be almost impossible to write so many songs (like U2 does) without having some of its words repeated.

 

[Niceman]

Bono didn't think that kneeling really would cut it on NLOTH, so he decided that standing up would be a better idea for a lyric.

See - you think that you're joking! But that could well be where the seed of that lyric came from!

 

[TM]

I'm expecting a song on SOA about cockatoos.

 

[last unicorn]

Bono didn't think that kneeling really would cut it on NLOTH, so he decided that standing up would be a better idea for a lyric.

You know, after a while your knees start to hurt

 

[gvox]

TMI

 

[mikal]

I'm expecting a song on SOA about cockatoos.

10 inch ones?

 

[mama cass]

10 inch ones?

so he did sing that on the rose bowl webcast then?! i wasn't sure if i'd imagined it!

 

[gvox]

I think it was "or two"

 

[mikal]

so he did sing that on the rose bowl webcast then?! i wasn't sure if i'd imagined it!

yep. i think he stumbled over his words and that was the first thing that came to his head, lol!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

are you saying it was spontaneous?!

 

[gvox]

I don't get your meaning. Do explain?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

See - you think that you're joking! But that could well be where the seed of that lyric came from!

It's actually pretty likely that was the case. Oh Bono.

You know, after a while your knees start to hurt

He probably had to choose between having the doctor telling him to stop kneeling or a knee reconstruction. I think we all know what he chose!

 

[65980]

I just do not like "Get On Your Boots". I loathe "I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Kill myself when hearing this song tonight", and, like everyone else, I'm not exactly thrilled by "Stand Up Comedy" (the latter two having the two worst U2-titles ever?).

It's easy to hate-on those latter two, but I can't really figure out why I hate "Get On Your Boots". But hate it I do.

 

[Muldfeld]

Aside from the issues of similarity to Vertigo, I found yet another that makes the song even less original:
Chorus:
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

Chorus of City of Blinging Lights:
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Could they not find another word to go there?

I think you're right. U2 is trying more and more to use buzzwords. It's annoying as hell.

 

[last unicorn]

and, like everyone else, I'm not exactly thrilled by "Stand Up Comedy" (the latter two having the two worst U2-titles ever?).

No, not like everyone else, but like some people here. Don't generalize. I love Stand up Comedy and many others do, too.

I can't believe anyone is taking this thread seriously, just because U2 use a word more than once in their songs. Let's forget all poetry, because it's basically made up of the same words.

 

[Galeongirl]

are you saying it was spontaneous?!

Ofcourse not. Don't you know that U2 never does anything spontaneous anymore? Everything is scripted, up to the fans pulled on stage!

and, like everyone else, I'm not exactly thrilled by "Stand Up Comedy"

Oh really? I'm rather fond of the song, and I'm 100% sure I'm not the only one. I'd say it's 50/50 or perhaps even more in favour of liking that song, just the bashers love to shout about it. Stop generalising everything that has to do with YOUR opinion. Start realising that the majority of this forum doesn't agree with it and get over it. You're not giving anyone any room for discussion.

 

[U2girl]

I'll take the - admittedly weak - attempt of whitey funk/Chilli Peppers sound on Comedy over the ATYCLB-rehash of Crazy and Vertigo part II aka Boots any day.

 

[BVS]

"Beautiful" is now considered a buzzword?

Holy crap

You've lost it Muldy

 

[Niceman]

and, like everyone else, I'm not exactly thrilled by "Stand Up Comedy"

Not everyone.... I think it rocks and I wear the T-shirt to prove it!